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ToRs for advertising Internal Auditor

AIA

Prepares terms of reference and recruitment/adverting content for an internal auditor role, including required qualifications, independence requirements, scope, reporting line and responsibilities.

What changes

Stronger accountability, transparency, risk management, assurance coverage and governance oversight.

What you get

Approved ToR document, ready for advertisement AIA001
Proposal evaluation criteria and scoring sheet AIA002
Bid analysis and selection memo for HNS leadership AIA003

What has to come first

NAHNeeds Assessment Report - National Head Quarters or NABNeeds Assessment Report - Branch/District Required

ToR scope must be grounded in needs assessment findings on internal controls and process gaps
IACInternal Audit Charter Recommended

An approved Internal Audit Charter clarifies the mandate the contracted firm will serve

Who is involved

From the National Society's side. This is what the engagement asks of your people.

Your own staff work alongside the adviser throughout, so this is a commitment of their time as well as the Centre's. Ask in the request and you are given the day estimate per role before anything is signed.

Role	What they do
HNS Secretary General	Approves ToR and selection
HNS Finance Director	Owns the process
HNS Board / Audit & Risk Committee	Selection oversight, where constituted
HNS procurement team	Runs the tender
GFDC delivery team	Drafts and advises
Qualified audit firms	Bidders

How it is measured

Indicator	Target	Evidence
ToR approved by HNS leadership within reasonable time of kick-off	4 weeks	Approval minutes or signed ToR
Qualified bids received	At least 3	Bid register
Audit firm contracted within target time of advertisement, with both signed declarations on file	10 weeks	Signed contract; Related Party Disclosure; not-blacklisted undertaking
Risk-based audit plan and program approved and fieldwork started within target time of contract signature	6 weeks	Approved audit plan; fieldwork kick-off record

Tools

3 of 3 ready to download.

AIA001 Sample ToRs for advertising Internal Auditor ToR DOCX
AIA002 Proposal evaluation criteria and scoring sheet Template XLSX
AIA003 Bid analysis and selection memo Template DOCX

Standards

IIA International Professional Practices Framework (IPPF)
COSO Internal Control - Integrated Framework
GFDC Operational Framework (intake, triage, service workflow)
HNS procurement policy and financial regulations

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You do not need to know which of the 124 to ask for.

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